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Event Details

Come join us for an evening of celebration of Kent HR and L&D excellence at The Ashford International Hotel.

After a drinks reception sponsored by Goldhawk Associates, there will be a 3 course meal, free wine and an after-dinner talk by Melody Cheal. This will then be followed by the presentation of the following awards:

HR Rising Star - sponsored by Girlings

Consultancy of the Year - sponsored by Moore People

Excellence in L&D - sponsored by New Appointments group

Health & Wellbeing Initiative - sponsored by KML Occupational Health

Excellence in Recruitment - sponsored by itris

Student of the Year - sponsored by Canterbury Christ Church University Business School

Speaker of the Year - sponsored by ESP, Education and Skills Partnership

HR Professional of the Year - sponsored by CWJ

L&D Professional of the Year - sponsored by GFHR Consulting

HR Team of the Year - sponsored by Loch Associates Group

Nominations are open NOW for all of the above (apart from speaker of the year that is chosen by feedback scores over the last year). Please visit our dedicated website to submit as many nominations as you wish!

If you would like to book a table, we would prefer to invoice you so please complete the booking form and one of the organising team will be in touch.

Once you have booked your place, you will be sent a menu. If you are booking multiple tickets, please ensure the name of the person, and their email address is recorded on there so we can send them a menu too.

If you book a place and then find out that you are a finalist, we will refund your ticket and ask that you re-book the cheaper ticket.

Professional photography and video production will be taking place at the event, and these images may be used on future promotional materials for CIPD. Please note that by attending the event, you are giving your consent for your image to be used on any CIPD promotional materials.

Thursday, 3 October 2019 from 07:30 to 23:30 (BST)

Organiser

We are the Kent branch of CIPD - the professional body for HR and people development. The not-for-profit organisation champions better work and working lives and has been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years.

We have a wide range of organisations and CIPD membership and we respond to this with a full selection of CPD and networking opportunities.

Due to the geographical spread of the county we have 3 area groups – Mid Kent, West Kent and East Kent. Between them they regularly hold sessions with guest speakers on subjects requested by the members. Most events are supported by local companies who host the events and provide an opportunity to meet other HR practitioners.

We also appreciate the specialisms within HR and have Special Interest Groups that meet regularly and occasionally have speakers. These groups include Health and Social Care and Senior Practitioners. Similarly we have smaller bespoke groups, Self Managed Learning Groups that operate throughout the county. These include the Coaching Groups in East Kent and West Kent. We encourage the creation of new groups so if there is not an area covered, why not set one up?